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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TRIMBLE DE ROODE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED TYPE-WRITING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TRIMBLE DE Roonn, a subject of the Queen of Holland, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Type-\Vriting and Printing Machines; and I (lo-hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Thisinvcntion relates to combined typewriting and printing machines .for printing multiple. copies of circular letters and inserting a Salutation orother subject-matter in eachletter individually. The invention is directed to the provision of an improved form of machine of this character which may be operated rapidly and conveniently, which is adapted for office use by persons of relatively little skill, with which subject-matter may be inserted with the typewriter at any point upon the sheet, and. with which the printed and typewritten portions of the letters will be the same in appearance.

In accordance with the invention, a machine is provided having a movable platen adapted to support a sheet, this platen being movable to carry the sheet into co-action with the typewriting mechanism and also to carry the sheet into coaction with a type-form consisting of a multiplicity of individually assembled type. A single ink-ribbon .is employed in connection with the typewriting mechanism and the type-form, this being preferably arranged to be fed intermittently in the direction of its length. By employin g a single ink-ribbon for both printing op erations, substantial identity 1n the appearance of the typewritten and printed matter is obtained. 4 In order to permit of operating it at-a substantial speed, my improved machine is provided with an automatic delivery Preferably endless carriers are employed sustainin a plurality of grippers for the sheets and these carriers are moved intermittently so as to receive a sheet from. the sheetfeeding mechanism, carry that sheet to the position for writing thereon with the typewriter, then carry the sheet to theposition for printing thereon with the type-form-and finally deliver the sheet upon a suitable tray. The de- Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

Application filed May 16, 1914. Serial No. 838,912.

dress written into the circular letter and that written upon the envelop is avoided. In the preferred embodiment, an automatic feed is provided for feeding envelops successively into the position for receiving the address thereon, this address being printed through a suitable carbon strip by blows of the key-levers of the typewriting machine 1 upon the letter-sheet which is superimposed upon the envelop.

These and other features 'of the invention will be better understood by reference to the .following descriptions taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show the preferred embodiment of the invention.

In these drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine broken away in part; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the machine also broken away in part; Fig. 3 is a top view of the machine also broken away in part; Fig. -l is a perspective view of a spring hook hereinafter referred to; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the grippers and the means for operating it; Fig. 6 is a front view of the machine broken away and sectioned in part; Fig. 7 is a transverse section of the machine; Fig. 8 is a top view of the envelop support; Fig. 9 is a detail view in sectional elevation showing a portion of the envelop receiver and the mechanism for feeding the envelops; Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section of the envelop support and certain of the parts adjacent thereto; Fig. 11 is an end view of the envelop support shown in Fig. 8; Fig. 12 is a transverse section of the envelop support; Fig. 13 is a view of the opposite end of the envelop support; Fig. 14 is a detail view in transverse section through the envelop container. Figs. 15 to 9-1- are diagrammatic views of certain of the operating parts showing successive positions thereof; Fig. 25 is a perspective view of a removable block adapted to be fitted into an opening in the platen; Fig. 26 is an ole--v nation of a latch hereinafier referred to.

In the accompanying drawings, I have" shown my invention embodied in a combined typewriting and printing machine of a construction with which an Elliott Fisher typewriting machine may be readily employed and this is the type of machine which I prefer to employ, but I wish it understoodthat the invention is in no way limited with respect to the character of the typewriting ;v machine employed, or the construction of the apparatus adapting it for use With a typewriting machine of any particular character.

the machine, the whole machine being mov} able across the sheet step-by-step under the control'of a suitable escapement mechanism.

VVit-h this machine is employed a platen adapted to support the sheet in a position under the typewriting machine and this platen is movable so thatafter'the operation of the typewriting machinehas been cornpleted, the platen may be moved to carry the sheet away from: thetypewriting mecha nism and to a positionwhere the printing typewriting machine carrying. it under the form of typer p The frame consists primarily of two side.-

members, 1 and 2 which are provided with horizontal grooves or ways on their adj acent faces adapted to receive thelateral edges of the platen 3. This platen may slide in' the grooves in the frames from the front, to the rear of the machine. The frames 1- and 2 also support two transverse frames 4' (Fig; 6) upon which the typewriting machine 5 ismovable from. one side of the machine to the other. The movement of the typewrit ing machine 5 iseifected by a spring G and is'under the control of an escapement mechanism. The typewriter mechanism may be of any suitable construction. In Fig. 1, I

have shown keys each arranged to actuate a key-lever 7 to cause the latter to move from a vertical position about a pivot to a substantially horizontal position in- Which lat ter position the typeface thereon strikes upon the underlying ink-ribbon and sheet on the platen.

The form of type is supported directly in The typewriting machine shown is adapted to write upona surface underlying the rear of the typewritin'g' mecl'i'anism. It comprises a plate 8 having a plurality of paralleltype-receiviiig channels extending across the face thereof. This plate is adaptedto-be detachably niounted upon the underside of a supporting plate 9. The plate 9 has bearings 10 thereon in which eccentrics 11 are received. These eccentrics are secured upon'sliafisia Whose ends are journaled in bearings uponthe side frames land 2 of the machine. Oii one side of the ma chine the shafts mex ended througl' the bearings 10 and" cranks are secured thereto. y The free ends of these cranks" are connected by a link 14; (Fig. 2): and a coiled spring 15 is eenn 'c'ted'at one end j to one of the craiilrsilgandatth'eother end to" a stud on the support forthe machine. hen the arms 13 are released, thesprin'gl5" act's thereon to turn tliierri' a'nd' the shafts 12 to which they are securedse that the ccentrics 11 on the shafts 12 cause the plate"s" 9' and S audthe ty e foi' m on, plate8 to be depressed so that the printiiiglfac'les 'ofjthe type engage the underlying;sheetlthioug'li the ink-ribbon to effect printing. The aiiin'sf 1'3 and parts connectedthereto are; normally held in the position corresponding to" the} raised o'rretracted position of the t pe form against the' tensionlof stri gers; by a hook on the end of alever'l tiwhich engagesa stud 17 on one of the arms" This hoal-(r6 is pivotally' mounted upon the" reai end' of one" of the side-frames aiid has a lever 18' secured thereto whose end adapted to engaged by an arm" 103' (Fig; extending rear- Wardly from the platen 3 so as to operate it and-thehooli 16 connected to it. I, The extent of the downward ovement, of the A single ink-ribbonis'einployedloothwith the typewriter; mechanism: and the typeform; I Thisirik rihhon is off awidth greater than the Widthofth pe forn i andtits ends are wound upjoiirolle o of; vwhichissuppor'tediin from; ofthetypewritermirlianis n andthe other o' fwhich supported in the rear of the] support fort typeffoi-m. The rearj roller of the i'ijk-riblion l9 is sh own at 119 and from t relie the ribbon ejx tends'unden the" t'fp m andi thej ype: i e l a 'd'ar nf 9 f 1 0f s- 2) extending between the" ide' fiianies'gef the machine, After passingjaround this erase bar, the ribbon is car ed' over' around upon a roller whose" shaft is' jo'urnaled in bearings formed upon the side-frames of the machine. As seen in Fig. 2, the ribbon after passing around the cross-bar 20 is carried to the right of the roller and over and around the same. On the shaft of this roller 21 is loosely mounted a pawl-carrying arm 22 and the pawl. pivotallymounted on this arm is adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet 23 which is secured to the roller 21. A spring 24 is connected to the pawlcarrying arm 22 and serves to retract it after it has been actuated in a manner hereinafter described. A reverse movement of the roller 21 is prevented by a retaining pawl 25 coacting with the ratchet 23.

From the foregoing it will be seen that with the platen 3 in the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2, a sheet may be manually or automatically laid upon the surface of the'platen and then the platen may be moved to carry that sheet under the typewriting mechanism whereupon that mechanism may be operated to write any deslred matter upon the sheet, locating that matter in any desired position over the entire area of the sheet. This having been done, theplaten may be moved to the rear so as to carry the sheet away from the typewriting mechanism and under the form of type. Just as the platen completes its movement in carrying the sheet under the type-form, the arm or extension 103 projecting rearwardly from the platen engages the lever 13 so as to effect the release of the mechanism for moving the type-form. These movements of the platen may be effected by means of a handle projecting laterally therefrom. In the present instance such a handle is shown at 26 pivotally mounted upon the underside of the platen 3 and extending through a slot in a rack 55 (Fig. 7) hereinafter referred to secured to the under side of the platen so that the ends of the slot limit the turning movement of the handle relatively to the platen, as shown in Fig. 3. This handle consists of two parts which are pivotally connected and a flat spring 27 (Fig. 7) secured to the inner part and bearing at its outer end upon the outer part holds the two parts of the handle normally in the relative positions in which they are shown in Fig. 7. When in this position, a projection 28 on the handle is in position to engage one or another of a plurallty of stops 29 which may be positioned in holes provided therefor along one of the walls of the side frame 2. Each machine may be provided with a plurality of pins 29 varying in length as shown in Figs. 1 and 7 It will be apparent that when the handle 26 engages one of the stops 29, the rearward movement of the platen is arrested and further rearward movement of the handle can be effected only by depressing the outer portion of the handle 26 against the tension of spring 27 until the handle dlsengages the stop. In printing circulars upon the .ma-

chine, one stop may be arranged to arrest the rearward movement of the platen when the sheet on the platen is in the position relative to the typewriting mechanism for receiving a date; another stop may be positioned to arrest the platen when the sheet is in position for receiving the salutation and one or more other stops may be arranged to arrest the movement of the platen when the sheet thereon is in position to receive other matter which it is desired to insert with the typewriter mechanism.

The handle 26 is pivotally connected to the platen 3 so that its movement about its pivot may be employed for returning the type-form to its raised position against the tension of spring 15. This mechanism is specially constructed so as to permit of the employment of an alining device for accurately alining the platen and the overlying type-form at the time of printing from the type-form. A simple form of alining device is shown in Fig. 1 and is indicated diagrammatically in :Figs. 15, 16, 23 and 24:. In the construction illustrated, the alining device consists of'a lug 30 on the plate 9 supporting the type-form adapted to enter a notch 10 provided for its reception in the platen 3. The sides of the lug 30 and the coacting notch are inclined so that if the parts are brought together with the platen out of its proper position a small amount, the platen will be caused to move relatively so as to insure its being positioned accurately with respect to the type-form. It will be seen that when such an alining device is employed, the raising movement of the type-form after the printing operation must proceed to a substantial extent before the forward movement of the platen is started. For this reason, I employ a resilient connection between the handle 26 and the restoring device for the arms 13 and spring 15 and in this connection the movement of the handle 26 about its pivot is employed The arms 13 are turned against the tension of spring 15 through a flexible'strap 31 connected to one of the arms 13, as shown in Fig. 2. The other end of this strap is wound around a wheel 32 which is secured to a shaft 33 extending between the side-frames of the machine. At the opposite side of the machine, the shaft 33 has a hollow wheel 34: (Fig. 1) mounted loosely thereon and the interior wall of this wheel is connected to the shaft 33 by a flat spiral spring 35. The exterior surface of the wheel 34; is connected by means of a strap 36 with the pivoted handle 26. I

The operation of these parts may be more readily understood by reference to Figs. 15, 16, 23 and 24:. In Fig. 23, the platen is being moved to the rear and during such movement the wheel 34 turns upon shaft 33, causing the spring 35 to be unwound with m y u s, the-h ds 2 bbilt it 1 t. actuatin in the wheel Wheh the platen rea'ohes the end is ramjvardmomma, it efieotsj the release oftharins l'g and the ty sform y roc ing lvelr .8: '1fdt l 0 1 and the typefforni is hovecl' d'own'ward toelfeet 'f i sap 3.61am i 'id ns'; 1 p;- p its 35', because the platen is held against move",-

'Ilhevspring 35 shaft 33 a as will move the ar n s l against the' teri- Sion 0f spr ng 12 u i n stem dlg lise disengagement of the 111 and notch 1 104;

Suoh disengagement or the" alining de'y ices" is shown ihFig; v 34 I H I when the hankflle, 26f rea'hes 4 and 1-; will be noted" tha this mks p a the end of its movement about its plyot,

Thereafter further forwar mo ni'eiit' of a the handle 26 causes the platen 3 to-ibe mved 3) which act on the'jaws to ho ld them open.

forward and this is accompanied by ,fnrther winding up, of. the band 31 further e16; vation of the type-forin. As shown i Fig-h 3, the handle 26 has a spring 37 connected q thereto so that the handle is no 1fniallyhelii in 3 5 the position ill whioh it is Fig, M An automatic feedof the sheets is effected by grippers mounted o i eii dless belts or ca riers, one V I These belts 40 run on rollers, 39 which are carried; by shafts 38 journaled in bearings in the .sicle-frames l and 2,1 The grippers are shown at &1. Each gripper consists of two s diia sp d w th s gs 2 (Fi One of the jaws of each gripper is, ofless length than the, o

dotted lines in Fig. 5, the shorter jaw being the one which is above when the grlpper is' moving forward and below when it lSjHlQY ing, rearward. The shorter! jaw of eaeh ripper is of such leng t t i 19 119g 90111-1 lienpe ,the

tact w i' h the rear wheels 39" and gripper is open while passing around those wheel's. The, front wheels 39, however, are

of greater width,,,a's is shown by Fig; 3, and

the short 1aws of 'the'grippers engage these front wheels 39 sothat the; gripper jawsfare closed against the tension of their springs; whenthey come'into contact with the front wheels 391 Also',-the short of each gripper has extensions 69 (Fig.- 5) which eoact with flanges 68 at, the upperedges of the, side fr'ames 1 and 2 to hold the gripper closed as it ,is moving ,rearwardl'y. flhe belts or carriers 40 and the grippers therelocatecl at each-side of the machine;

as n cat d, byi'lth l ori' alfjmo ed interinittehtl'y by the platen 3. For thispurpos'athje platen" h'as adepressioh aero'ss the fa se thereof, adjacent toflthe rear s P hiith e gr pp ro i s'a ip t m ism di r rd its rwa 'p s i n s hem. in Iiis- ,2:- ..T. 'en whe t p at n s moyegl rearwardgtliej ripper carried with t hat is, ifii m'o e v r h .p'ee'i of e ippe sh wn i F 2 a jacen t th ks bbbil ro l 2 w. the Posit on, f vt e i ii am a the-,,,rea eyondth 'redse fth y f -f f helie i fi iimv ifi nf of th e' gripp'er last ref ,alzqun'dst t ebo tm 'r i an dr ar ilap s fi mate y h Way Th i 'ext Step? mQ msl 0 fa ls fi i r l i l a ry it t a t al ite t yii de el lh $3 lfif n so hel. ach ne Inflthis last posl ion,

of she etfroIn the autom atio sheet feeding Thei.., lf j tsf sf ifedi t the; g pre'r rm a p le! i "gi e supposes Th 'f w' d' edgeof this pile; lies, uhder a roller 43. which IhLQHQWl a d zw idi ha a pl ra ty of di' p i gslaltr ige il inea hown n Fig? 7. Therollerlii issupported upon a shafts Whose e ds are;ca li fi lv b3 a m 5 s ide .1. 1 1 .15 s dfl b9 shaft 5 4 1 1 0 10 d m gnum-Gates, with the, spade" within, the

ll r. i v"El i ",M f sh ts: ex ends throughthe ar htfi, is oonlieotedifio a 4T Th1s pips exiteii(1 's to: the rear of the h iie;afi -i snhefi d to the re d f iy n /fts qse' ir brei d' i pen- This cylinder is moiinted uses the inner de-0i t es d f iel is {A Pi' I hA i mmntiedhpon the under side; of the platen 3 in position" to eoact I with, the, cylinder 48"; when the platenhas' reached the end of. its rearwaramsvemgnt; the: piston 49 will be he l'i lqsi di 1d. Of th in r 4 Wherr th fOfWfllidhIilOYijilIit pr the platen starts thef piston .fl9l w ill: tend to draw air mass 'yl, d e1 tl 'ou them and as sm ll, mas-1. pen n s v o tw the, rollej L3 so that thetop sheet ti1spi1s1wi11 be heldttight against the surface of the rol1er43,

Tbs @145 a' idiisiarryiiigstalemate re' e ii z fe sh ts ig 2) f di wee t alink 2 W h' are l d e p n a shaft 53 one end of. whichgis 'joiirnaled iri the side-fraihe 1, aiiilthe other in: a stand,

e @1 (F -1 7)md l t'dm i s e- T e shaft 53 has gais 54; thereon, oiie of which is adaptdiq be ngag d; d Qp a by. a rack 55 mounted ipon meande side of, the platen 2 The gears 5,4; nes'h' with similar gears 55 which are, seciired tovtheshaft 51; Thisshaft is extenqled throiig'h the' link 52 on one side} of maohin and carries a, bevel gear .5? 1(F s; 7)" n s e re e end; This, gear l'neshes with a silnilar gear upon a shaft 58 which is connected by bevel gears 59 with the shaft 44 of the roller 43, the shaft 58 being mounted in bearings secured to the arm 46 which carries the roller 43.

The rack 55 is of such length that the rearward movement of the platen carries the rack beyond the gear 54. On the forward movement of the platen, the piston 49 creates a suction upon the top sheet of the pile, and immediately-thereafter, the rack 55 engages one of the gears 54. The first effect of the turning movement thus imparted to the gears 54 is to swing the arms 52 rearward against the pin or stop 106 (Fig. 2) so that the gears 56 pass bodily from the position shown in Fig. 16 relative to the gears 54 to the position shown in Fig. 17. This movement of the arms 52 accompanied by shifting of the gear 56 takes place because the parts driven from the gear 56, including the roller 43, impose a load upon the gear 56 which holds that gear against rotation until the shifting movement of the gear and the arms 52 is arrested by the stop 106. This bodily movement of gears 56 and the shaft 51 on which they are mounted, causes rearward, lengthwise movement of the arms 45 and 46 and the roller 43 which at this time is gripping the top sheet of the pile. During this bodily movement of the roller 43, the roller is rotated by the rack 55 through the gears 54, 56, 57 and 59 and as the roller carries the top sheet with it, the end of that sheet is rolled up to a position approximating a right angle to the underlyingsheets of the pile. This movement of the roller 43 and the front edge of the top sheet is shown in Figs. 16 and 17. The continuation of this rotational movement of roller 43 effected by rack 55 causes the top sheet of the pile whose end has been separated from the underlying sheets to be fed forward from the pile. This feeding movement of the sheet is effected by providing a stop to limit the movement of the underlying sheets, and by having the surface of the roller 43 covered with rubber or other suitable material which will grip the top sheet.

The stop for the sheet pile consists of a bar 61 extending across the machine and provided with downward projections as shown in Fig. 7. This bar is carried by arms 62 which are secured to a rod 63 eX- tending between and journaled in suitable bearings formed on the support 42 for the sheet-pile. A spring 64 (Fig. 7) is coiled about this rod 63 and connected thereto so that the spring acts upon the arms 62 in a direction to raise the bar 61. On one of the arms 62, is anupwardly extending spring 65, Figs. 1 and. 7, adapted to coact with a cam 66 secured to the under side of the platen 3. This cam engages the spring arm 65 immediately after the roller 43 has raised the front edge of the topmost sheet as above described and the cam acts upon the spring 65 to depress the bar 61 against the tension of its spring 64, so that the bar is carried down upon the forward edge of the pile of sheets underlying the top sheet. This movement of bar 61 is shown in Figs. 17 and 18. Shortly after the bar is moved down upon the top of the sheet pile, the piston 49 is drawn completely out of the cylinder 48 thus relieving the suction upon the sheet and the end of the sheet falls upon the bar 61. As the platen continues to move forward, the rotation of roller43 continues, the

axis of the roller remaining fixed, and the sheet is fed over the surface ofthe pile and well into the space between the jaws of the gripper 41 adjacent to theforward edge of the sheet pile. To insure proper entrance of the edge of the sheet into the gripper, guides are provided as shown at 67 inFig. 2.

The grippers 41 are of such length that their ends engage the rollers 39. When the feeding movement of the grippers starts, the gripper which has just received a sheet from the sheet pile is immediately closed by its contact with the front rollers 39 so that it grips thesheet. The sheet is, therefore, carried around by this gripperto the upper edges of the side-frames and rearward until the gripper assumes the position underlying the forward ink-ribbon roller. When the gripper moves away from the rollers 39, it is maintained in the closed position by the flanges 68 projecting inwardly from the upper edges of the side-frames 1 and 2, and engaging theextensions 69 of the lower jaw of the gripper which extensions bear agamst the under sides of the flanges 68 so as to maintain the gripper in the closed condition throughout its rearward movement from the forward rollers 39 to the rear rollers 39.

Just as the first movement of the gripper and the sheet carried thereby is completed, the gripper passes under the teeth of hooks 70 (Figs. 4 and 7) one located at each side of the machine. Each of these hooks is made of spring metal and the forward edge of the tooth thereof is inclined so that the teeth will be raised by the gripper as the latter passes rearward under the teeth. Immediately after the gripper passes the teeth the latter drop down in front of them so as to prevent forward movement of the gripper and the sheet. Thereafter, the platen may be moved forward, and as it is moved, its forward inclined edge engages the gripper and raises it slightly at distance suflicient to permit the platen to pass under it. When the platen hasbeen moved all the way forward, it lies under the sheet held by the gripper and thereafter forms asupport for the sheet during the operations of printing and of writing upon the sheet with the typewriter.

As the platen is moved forward, the sheet which has ust been printed upon from the.

heel W type-form is held in the rearward position i lto 1611" it was "previously moved, as shown ahd When'ithe forward moi eineiitof platen is completed, the forward e e of tliis sh (at is unsupported and drops n pen a suitable. re eijving tray in tlie manne' 1 dicatedfinFlg 19.

' the inoireinent of the grippers coininences, the gripper holding this shee' ivillheearriec l iowfn'away from the flangf es the m aniier indicated in Fig. 5 so thatthe spjring of that gripper will be at pwe ,to open th jaws ot the gripper. lllhis eii'eetsthe release of thesheet and isdeposited upon a e receiving tray in the nanner shown inF1gs. Q0 and 21.

i k fter typexvr pg more or less of the inatter XVlll h t is fldesire d to p ritc w th the it may he desired ,to inspect what been "it j .hen the grimqer drops 16 shown 111B 2. To .vpe-

; on the heeit, the phi" n 1s moved rear- Wardlya short distance to carry the sheet 1111 er'the'typevyriter. To inspect hahas en, the platen is ino ed forward ag ain, t vo'latohes being provided ope-at Sid of he plete f r insuring t the gripper will then inoye with the platen.

'Qneof' the latehes shown in Fig. 26. .These twp latches are pivotally mounted npon" the rear edge of'ithe platen and their ends enter-"thegrooyesin the sideframe; in

the of the platen nove. l -hese latcheshaye projections 102 on their upper edges .1 16 behind the gripper when the latelies are in the full line position shown in 26. rear ends of theways in h-lthe elldS QfIll G latches move are dep es d a QWn at n is- 9 h hwt e lat es re c the de re sed le they are ei ered to d pr h r je ti 10. bel w .th r pper nd el tll whi e to b r d .toriv rd indepe d ntl th other matter which it is desired to insert spe'eially'so as to permit of making ohanges the in ert dinat er fie 'e lt C l-fies i h .'0ll @l1 b QI-' In. o der to fur her ii Qill l t e Work of sending outciroular letters; I have provided me n Wh r bren nr op maybe e d s e Wllll r ng the; salutat on upon a letter sheet. This en'yelop' directing mechanism involves the provlslon of a receptzi cle tor a stacker enyelops,' a feed ng means feed .ing enitelops snocessirely from the receptacle sheet." Referring to Fig. 6, it Will be seen that 'fo'rvi fardirifi 1 deviee' 74.

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to a position underlying the sheet on the 'plateii' aiid a transfer sheet, "such" as a'stiiip 'otcarbbn pap r; whereby the ehairaoters printed upon the letter-sheet"hy the 'keylevrsoiith'e typewriter will be printed upon lthejfa'ce'o'f the envelopthrough the carbon at one side 01" the machine a laterally extending frame 69 which silpports a receptacle 70;"in :Which a stack of envelops may he placed. The reeeptacleil) is supported upo ra pair of parallel bars 71 which are pivotally connected at their outer-ends at 72 130 a h1ook73'Whic'h is pivotally mounted upon the frame 6 9 so as toturn about a Vertical axisi bars 71 have "grooves upon "their adjacent faces as shoivn in Fig. 14, and in these grooves forwarding device 74 i's' adapted to reciprocate. Thi. orirardin eeme is oonneoted to and actiiated'hy a belt 75 Which runs on pulleys mounted upon the frarn'e69. The shaftof the inner one o f thes e' pulleys is extended r ar-we "dly and has a beYelfgea -NYG (Fig. 23 thereon ivhich meshes with a similar gear on the en'dh'oi' the shaft 53', Which shaft iseXte-nded through the side-frame. 1 of. tlieniachine. The shaft 53 is rotated first in one direetion and then in the'other as heretofore eX-. plaln ed and therefore, operates thrmig'h the gearsie and the belt 75 to reciprocate the On e forwarding device 7% is a tongue 77 consisting of a piece ofthin sheet-metal. At its free endth'i'slpiece fi is' 'iextend ed laterally'so astoprovide side portions 78 which guide thetOngueW it is moved with the forwar ing device 74. The re eptac'le *roror the eniielops has the oriter Wall thereof cut away isshown in Fig. 9 and atfthe' sides (if this slot in the Wall of "the her 70 are gnides .7 9." As the forwarding device time tongue '77 are 'moied to the right froin the position iii hioh they are shown in Fig. latergil wensie s 78 or the tongue 77e1'1gage the g des 'TQ and rideup upon. those guides/ This causes the edgeof the tongue 7.7m be raised sothat it will passover theedge of the flowern ost en- \felop in the box 70. Thenf'when the wings 78' pass over the guides 9,1the tongue 7? {Will grip the enyelop between it and the surfaceof the forwarding derice T l. "Then as the forwarding device moves to the right, the envelop prill' loe carried with it.

As the envelop nijores thus. its forward odge passes under plate 80 and over the surface of a support 81. This support '81 is niade "from a block and its cross sestional shape is that indi ated in Fig; from \i hieh it will be seen that the upper lengthwise edges of the block are inc-1.. Qd at an angle of approximately The support 81 has a lengthwise opening cut therein, adapted to receive a strip of carbon paper 83, one end of which is wound upon a reel 84: secured to the under side of the-support 81. At the inner end of the support 81, the strip of carbon paper 83 passes up to the upper face of the support and over that face to another reel 85 upon which it is wound. This reel is mounted in standards rising from the plate 80. This plate 80 is secured to the block 81 and also it is pivotally connected to the bars 71 forming the support for the box and the guide for the reciprocating forwarding device 74:. This pivotal connection is effected by a pivot pin 86 passing through the plate and also through a cross-bar 87 extending between the bars 71. The plate 80 has ears formed thereon which support a rod 88 constituting a guide for the carbon strip 83.

It will be seen that when the forwarding device moves to the right, the envelop gripped thereby is fed under the plate 80 and over the surface of the support81. As it moves over the surface of the support, the portions along its lower edges are bent downwardly by suitable guiding surfaces 89 on the support 81, which are shaped to form a slot 90, the central portion of which is horizontal and the side portions of which are inclined downwardly. When theenvelop is in this position, it underlies the sheet upon the platen, the carbon strip 83 lying between the two; therefore, the operator may operate the typewriter to write on the sheet and the characters will be printed, not only upon the sheet, but also upon the envelop through the carbon strip. After this has been done, the movement of the sheet to the position for printing thereon from the type-form, causes the forwarding device 7 4 to be moved to the left. When it does so move, it carries the envelop with it. The envelop is shown at 91 in Fig. 10 gripped by the tongue and the forwarding device 74:.

When the forward device moves to the left, the extensions 78 of the tongue 7 7 pass under resilient projections 92 upon the bottom of the receptacle 7 0; The extensions 78 pass readily over these projections 92 when the envelop is being moved to the right; but when the envelop is being retracted, they pass under the projections 92 so that the envelop is carried to the left under the bottom of the box 70. When the forwarding device 74: nears the end of its movement to the left, the edges of the envelop engage stops 93 (Fig. 9) and the envelop is thus held against movement with the forwarding device until it is released by the tongue 77, whereupon it drops by gravity into a suitable receptacle. Y I

By reference to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that the platen 3 has a slot cut therein extending a portion of the way across the platen and that the side-walls of this slot are inclined. The cross sectional shape of this slot in the platen is substantially the same as that of the block 81 of the envelop feeding and supporting mechanism. This block 81 extends through an opening 94 in the side-frame 1 of the machine. This opening 94 is of substantially greater size than the block 81, but its sides are inclined,

giving it a shape similar to that of the supv port 81. The support 81 is capable of movement both vertically and horizontally within this opening 94. Its upward movement carries it up into the slot in the platen and while in that slot it may be moved horizontally with the platen. When the slot in the platen comes over the support 81 the latter is moved upwardly into the slot by a plunger 95 (Fig. 6), located in a suitable guideway in the side-frame 1, and acted upon by 96, it may mox e horizontally with the platen by reason of the pivotal connection of the support 81 with the bars 71 at 86 and the pivotal connection of the bars 71 to the frame 69 at 73. When the writing of the salutation has been completed and with it the addressing of the envelop, the platen 3 is moved rearwardly and the support 81 which is then located in the slot in the platen engages the inclined wall at the rear end of the opening 94;, and is caused to move downwardly by that inclined wall to a position in which it lies below the under side of the platen and permits the latter to move over it.

The vertical movement of the support-81 is utilized to ,cause feeding of the carbon strip 82. For this purpose, the shaft of the reel 84 is provided with a ratchet 97 (Fig. 6) and loose on the shaft of this reel is a pawlcarrying arm 98, on which is pivoted a pawl adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet 97. The end of the arm 98 is adapted to engage a bracket 99 secured to a sideframe of the machine. hen the support 81 moves downwardly, the arm 98 engages bracket 99 and is turned thereby a distance sufficient to cause the pawl to turn the ratchet a distance corresponding to one tooth of the ratchet.

The slot in the platen for the reception of the'envelop support is preferably provided in a removable block 108 (Figs. 2'and 3) which is adapted to be removably mounted in a rectangular opening in the platen by means of tongues and grooves. When the machine is not to be used for addressing envelops, the block 108 is removed and a solid block 109 (Fig. 25) is inserted in the opening in the platen in its place.

The'operation of the machine will be best understood by reference to the diagrammatic views, Figs. 15 to 20. In Fig. 15,'the parts are Shownin the positions they assume immediately after the sheet has been printed upon with the type-form and the handle 26 has been drawn forward far enough to'raise the type -form just enough to effect disengagement oi the aliningdevices. The piston Still at t e r ar end bf heey nder .f th pla 'en ha not e n mo ed e werd at all, and the rack 55 is displaced rearwardly from the gear [54. One gripper holds the sheet which has been printed upon, another stirre eld e sheet in p ti f e e tion the platen when the latter is moved t lwar 'e e er g ip er is pe dy t Ilieeei l e' he e r i sh eedieg P'e ete a d the eurt stripper isfli t eourse of its movement forward to receive a sheet- In Fig. 16, the platen has been moved forward just far enough to carry the rack 55 et en a eme W h stee sadde ilis thi 'me e en he pis e hes me e within the cylinder 48 so as to create a suction upon the top sheet of the sheet pile.

Fig. 17 shows the parts after the platen has moved a little farther forward. Duringthis movement the rack 55 acts upon the gear 54 to cause the gear 56 and the parts connected thereto to be swung rearwardly. This causes the roller 43 to be swung rearward1y,but as the latter has gripped the top sheet of the pile, it is turned on its axis so as to raise the end of the sheet to a vertical position. This Fig. 17 also shows the outline of the opening 94 in the side-frame 1, and the support 81 projecting through that opening. Also, in this view and the succeeding views, the heavy black line 100 indicates the end of the envelop.

In Fig. 18, the platen has moved forward and the cam 66 has engaged the spring-arm so as to depress the bar 61 into engagement with the sheet pile. Also the plunger 49 has moved out of the cylinder so that the suction of the top sheet against the surface of the roller 43 has been relieved. The continued movement of the rack 55 in mesh with the gear 54 causes the roller 43 to be rotated and this roller feeds the top sheet over the stop .61 and down into the open gripper. i

' In Fig. 19, the feeding movement of the sheet by the roller 43 has been completed,

and the platen has reached the forward end of it'sinovement. While the platen is being moved forward, the support 81is moved upwardly into the slot by its spring-actuated plunger Y95, and is carried with the platen until 1t engages the forward inclined Wall ofthe opening When the support 81 engages this inclined wall, the latter acts as a am t d pres he upper 81 in the en of the opening 94 opposite to that in which i is s I i i A1 d i g thi forward lllove nent of the platen, the enupon 'by'the 'type form allows that sheet to drop as shgwni in Fig. 19 encept at its rear e h e i held Yt e r ppe Whe'nth pla n t eeheslth lim Of t f rward meveme t; the" gripp r ,W ieh i lield ns th sheet which e'verlies the p ate .dRQPs in) th r e e th rea w d ed of therleten so t at wh n the p aten is sie ed rea wa d; t grippe an th sheet car ied the y an the en les ee i r see t the grip ers ar v e e t th platen. Fi 20, shows the parts after the p ten Been .Ie v d rea ward a di sufi e te arry th shee n h 'pll t eeee ien' with the ty'pje ritine mse in th t nertien f he sheet" 1 hi h'the saluten .i t be Writte being et th P n point of the typewriter. the platen rea s th pe' t en, th el p s pp i mo ed 1p int the slet n h plat e e ereterin y hen Write the ssletstien upon the sheet'and this will be written upon t ee ele by me ns of h eerbenstrip a the same time. will be noted also in Fig. 2 tha h she tlles P i e p n a e released by thegripper and is dropped upon a suitablesupport.In Fig.20', a key-lever of the typewriting machine is shown in position for writing a letterof the first line of the salutation. "In Fig. 21, the platen has been moved rearward a small amount and the key-lever is in position for writing a letter of the last line of the salutation.

When the platen is moved beyond the Fig. 21 position, the rack 55 engages the gear 54, and thereafter shifts the position of the gear 56 and the roller 43 connected thereto so that those parts will 'be in the position shown in Fig. 15 in readiness for another sheet-separating operation. This change in the position of gear 56 is shown in Figs. 21'and22. As the platen moves from the Fig. 20 to theFi'g. 21 position, the support 81"inoves horizontally with it, but as the platen moves, from the Fig. 21 to the Fig. 22' position, the support .81 is moved downward so that it lies below the level of the platen and the latter is moved along to the position for printing on the sheet carried thereby withthe type'-form.

In Fig. 23, the platen is nearing the end of its rearward movement carrying the sheet under the type-form. In Fig. -24,.the platen has reached the end of its rearward move ment and has engaged the lever 18 so as to release the detent 16. On such release of the detent 16, the arms 13 are actuated as heretofore described so as to cause the type-form to be moved down upon the sheet and to print upon the sheet through the ink-ribbon. Also this last movement of the platen carries the cam 66 beyond the spring-arm 65, so that the stop 61 is raised by its spring 64.

It will thus be seen that the machine consists of a movable platen for supporting a sheet of paper, a typewriting machine for writing upon the paper so supported, and means for supporting and moving a typeform located in such a position that the platen may be moved to carry the sheet so written upon with the typewriter into coaction with the type-form, so that the sheet may be printed upon with the type-form. The mechanism is such that one or any number of different parts of the letter diflerently located with respect to the edges of the sheet may be written with the typewriting mechanism. Also, both the printing from the type-form and the printing with the typewriter are effected through the same ink-ribbon so that the color of the printed matter is the same over the entire surface of the sheet. The work of preparing cir cular letters partly typewritten and partly printed is greatly facilitated by the provision of the automatic feed of the sheets into the printing position and the automatic delivery of the printed sheets.

If desired, the mechanism may be constructed in the manner herein shown so as to combine with the mechanism for printing the letter sheets an automatic feed for envelops whereby the envelops may be positioned so as to print addresses thereon simultaneously with the printing of the salutation upon the letters.

I claim 1. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a printing mechanism including means for supporting a form of type with the several type thereof in a plane, a fiat platen for supporting a sheet of paper movable to carry the sheet into coaction with the typewriting mechanism and into coaction with the printing mechanism, a single ink ribbon of substantial width and means for supporting the ink-ribbon in position for printing therefrom upon the sheet carried by the platen both with the typewriting mechanism and with the printing mechanism.

2. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a platen for supporting a sheet of paper, a typewriting mechanism movable as a whole step by step in one direction, a printing mechanism and means for supporting the platen permitting movement thereof in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of the typewriting mechanism to carry the platen into position for coaction with the typewriting mechanism and into position for coaction with the printing mechanism.

3. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a support, a Hat platen for supporting a sheet of paper mounted upon the support and adapted to be moved thereon in a straight line in one direction, a typewriting machine mounted upon the support in position to write upon a sheet on the platen and movable on the support in a different direction and a printing mechanism mounted upon the support in position to coact with the platen when the latter has been moved away from the typewriting mechanism.

4:. In a typewriting and printing machine, a support, a flat platen mounted upon the support and movable thereon in one direction, a typewriting mechanism mounted upon the support and movable in another direction above the platen, means for supporting a flat type-form with the printing faces of the type lowermost in position to coact with the platen when the latter has been moved out of coaction with the typewriting mechanism and means for moving the type-form and platen relatively to efi'ect the printing.

5. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a printing mechanism, a platen for supporting a sheet of paper movable to carry the sheet into coaction with the typewriting mechanism and into coaction with the printing mechanism and means operated automatically by movement of the platen into coaction with the printing mechanism for causing operation of the printing mechanism to print upon a sheet carried by the platen.

6. In a typewriting and printing machine, a support, a platen mounted on the support and movable in one direction thereon, a typewriting mechanism movable as a whole in another direction for writing upon a sheet supported by the platen, a printing mechanism in position to coact with the platen when the latter has been moved away from the typewriting mechanism, a single ink-rib bon of substantial width supported in position to coact with the typewriting mechanism and the printing mechanism and means actuated by the movement of the platen into coaction with the printing mechanism for causing actuation of the printing mechanism to print upon a sheet carried by the platen.

7 In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a pair of supports, a platen movable lengthwise thereon, a typewriting mechanism carried by the supports in position to write upon a sheet supported by the platen and movable transversely of said supports, a support for a type-form mounted on said supports in the rear of the typewriting mechanism, an ink-ribbon of substantial Width supported at one end in front of the typewriting mechanism and at the other end in rear of the support for the type-form and means for causing relative movement of the support for the type-form and the platen.

8. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a support for a type-form, a platen for supporting a sheet of paper movable to carry the sheet into coaction with the typewriting mechanism and into coaction with the typeform, a spring for causing relative movement of the support for the type-form and the platen and means actuated by movement of the platen into position for coaction with the type-form for permitting operation of said spring.

9. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a pair of supports, a platen movable lengthwise thereon, a typewriting mechanism movable crosswise of the supports above the surface of the platen, a support for a type-form mounted in rear of the typewriting mechanism, an ink-ribbon supported at one end in front of the typewriting mechanism and at the other end in rear of the support for the type-form, a spring for effecting relative movement of the platen and the support for the type-form and means actuated by the movement of the platen for permitting operation of said spring.

10. In a typewriting and printing machine, a platen for supporting a sheet movable bodily over a prescribed path, a typewriting mechanism and a printing mechanism located on the same side of the path of movement of the platen and displaced one from the other in the direction of the pat-h of movement of the platen, the platen being movable to'carry the sheet bodily from one mechanism to the other so that the two mechanisms may print successively upon the same portion of the sheet, means for positioning the platen with respect to the typewriting mechanism and means for operating the printing mechanism to print with the type thereof upon the sheet.

11. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a printing mechanism mounted adjacent thereto, a platen for supporting a sheet movable to carry the sheet into coaction with the typewriting mechanism and into coaction with the printing mechanism, an ink-ribbon of substantial width supported at its ends on the non-adjacent sides of the type-writing mechanism and the printing mechanism so that the intermediate por tion of the ribbon is in coaction with said mechanisms, and automatic sheetfeeding devices for feeding sheets upon the surface of said platen.

12. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a support, a platen movable lengthwise upon the support, a typewriting mechanism movable crosswise of the support over the surface of the platen, a support for a type-form mounted on the support in rear of the typewriting mechanism, an ink-ribbon supported at one end in front of the typewriting mechanism and at the other end in rear of the support for the type-form, means for feed ing sheets automatically upon the surface of the platen and means for effecting relative movement of the platen and the support for the type-form.

13. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a printing mechanism, a platen for supporting a sheet of paper movable to carry the sheet into coaction with the typewriting mechanism and into coaction with the printing mechanism, means for supporting an ink-ribbon in position to coact with both the typewriting mechanism and the printing mechanism, an atuomatic sheetfeeding mechanism for feeding sheets upon the surface of the platen and means for effecting the delivery of the sheets after they have been printed upon by the printing mechanism.

14:. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a support for a type-form, a platen movable to a position in front of the typewriting mechanism, to a position under the typewriting mechanism and to a position under the support for the type-form,

means for feeding sheets upon the surface of the platen and for causing such sheets to be carried with the platen into coaction with th typewriting mechanism and the support for the type-form and means for precluding return movement of a sheet with the platen.

15. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a printing mechanism, a platen adapted to hold a sheet in coaction with the typewriting mechanism and movable to carry the sheet into coaction with the printing mechanism, means for insuring movement of the sheet with the platen from the typewriting mechanism to the printing mechanism and means for precluding return movement of the sheet with the platen.

16. In a typewriting and printing machine, a platen for supporting a sheet movable bodily over a prescribed path, a typewriting mechanism and a printing mechanism located on the same side of the path of movement of the platen and displaced one from the other in the direction of the path of movement of the platen, the platen being movable to carry the sheet bodily from one mechanism to the other so that the two mechanisms may print successively uponthe same portion of the sheet, means for positioning the platen with respect to the type writing mechanism, means for moving the platen step by step while in coaction with the typewriting mechanism to affect line spacing, and means for operating the printing mechanism to print with the type thereof upon the sheet.

17. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a printing mechanism, a platen for supporting sheets in coaction with both the typewriting mechanism and the printing mechanism said platen being movable relatively to the typewriting mechanism to effect line spacing and to carry a sheet from one of said mechanisms to the other, so that both mechanisms may print upon the same portion of the sheet, and a plurality of adjustable stops for arresting movement of the platen in selected positions of line spacing with reference to the typewriting mechanism.

18. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a printing mechanism, a single platen for supporting a sheet movable to one position for supportmg a sheet in coaction with the typewriting mechanism and to a second position for supporting the sheet in coaction with the printing mechanism, and an alining device for insuring proper alinement of the printing mechanism and the platen.

19. In a combined typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a support for a type-form, a platen for supporting a sheet movable to one position to carry the sheet into coaction with the typewriting mechanismand to a second position to carry the sheet into coaction with the printing mechanism, a single ink-ribbon coacting with both the typewriting mechanism and the type-form on said support and an alining device for alining the type-form on said support and the platen.

20. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a printing mechanism, a platen for supporting a sheet movable from a position in coaction with the typewriting mecha nism to a position in coaction with the printing mechanism, a sheet-feeding mechanism and means operated by the return movement of the platen for actuating the sheet-feeding mechanism.

21. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a printing mechanism, a pair of endless carriers, grippers on the carriers and means for actuating the carriers to carry sheets into coaction with the typewriting and printing mechanisms successively.

22. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a printing mechanism, a platen movable into positions for coaction with the typewriting and the printing mechanisms, a carrier for sheets, and means actuated by the movement of the platen for operating the carrier.

23. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of typewriting and printing mechanisms, a movable platen adapted to coact with both the typewriting and the printing mechanisms, a gripper for holding a sheet, a sheet-feeding mechanism, means operated in correspondence with the movement of said platen for actuating the sheet-feeding mechanism to feed sheets automatically to said gripper and means cooperating with said platen for moving the gripper to carry a sheet held thereby into position to be supported by the platen.

24:. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of typewriting and printing mechanisms, a platen movable into coaction with the typewriting and with the printing mechanisms, a pair of endless carriers movable in correspondence with the movement of the platen, grippers on the carriers, a sheet-feeding mechanism for feeding sheets to the grippers and means operated by movement of the platen for actuating the sheet-feeding mechanism.

25. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of typewriting and printing mechanisms, a platen movable into coaction with the typewriting mechanism and into coaction with the printing mechanism, a gripper for a sheet and means supporting 'said gripper actuated by movement of the platen for moving the gripper in one direction, the movement of the gripper in the 'opposite direction being precluded.

26. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of typewriting and printing mechanisms, a pair of endless carriers, grippers on the carriers for carrying sheets to the typewriting and printing mechanisms successively, means for automatically opening and closing the jaws of the grippers and means for actuating the carriers.

27. The combination of ,a typewriting mechanism, a printing mechanism, means for supporting a sheet, said means and said mechanisms being movable relatively so that a sheet on said means may be positioned for coaction with either of said mechanisms, a piece of transfer material supported in position for coaction with the typewriting and printing mechanisms and with a sheet on said supporting means, a second piece of transfer material at the striking point of the key levers of the typewriting mechanism, means for positioning envelops for coaction with the second piece of transfer material and with the typewriting mechanism, and means for operating the printing mechanism to print on a sheet on said supporting means.

28. The combination of a typewriting mechanism, means for supporting a sheet in position to coact with the type thereof, a piece of transfer material supported in position for coaction with said mechanism and sheet, means for feeding envelops successively to a position under the sheet coacting with the type, means for supporting a second piece of transfer material between an envelop so fed and the sheet of paper, and means for printing upon the sheets from a type-form.

29. The combination of a typewriting mechanism, means for supporting a sheet in position to coact with the type thereof, a piece of transfer material supported in position for coaction with said mechanism and sheet, a support for holding an envelop under the sheet, means for feeding envelops into the support and withdrawing them from the same, means for supporting a second piece of transfer material between the sheet and an envelop in the envelop-support, and means for printing upon the sheets from a type-form.

30. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of typewriting and printing mechanisms, a plate for supporting a sheet movable into coaction with the typewriting and printing mechanisms, envelopfeeding mechanism for feeding envelops successively to a position underlying a sheet on the platen,'means for supporting a piece of 1 transfer material between the sheet and envelop and means actuated by movement of the platen for operating the envelop-feeding mechanism.

31. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of typewriting and printing mechanisms, a platen movable into positions for coaction with the typewriting and printing mechanisms and having a slot therein, an envelop-support movable into and out of said slot and movable with the platen while in the slot and means for feeding envelops into the envelop-support, said envelop-support being adapted to lie within the slot when the platen is in position for coaction with the typewriting mechanism.

32. A typewriting and printing machine comprising the combination of typewriting and printing mechanisms, a platen for supporting a sheet in coaction with the type writing and printing mechanisms, automatic sheet-feeding mechanism for feeding sheets successively into coaction with one of said mechanisms, envelop-feeding mechanism for feeding envelops successively to a position the printing mechanism, envelop=feeding mechanism for feeding envelops successively to a position underlying a sheet on the platen and means for delivering the sheets and envelops.

34. A typewriting and printing machine comprising the combination of typewriting and printlng mechanisms, a platen movable to positions for supporting a sheet in coaction with the typewriting mechanism and the printing mechanism, sheet-feeding mechanism for feeding sheets successively upon said platen, envelop-feeding mechanism for feeding envelops successively to a position underlying a sheet fed by the sheet-feeding mechanism and means for delivering the sheets and envelops after they have been printed upon.

35. A typewriting and printing machine comprising the combination of typewriting and printing mechanisms, 2, platen for supporting a sheet movable into coaction with the typewriting and printing mechanisms, means for feeding sheets upon the surface of the platen, envelop-feeding mechanism for feeding envelops successively to a position underlying a sheet on the platen, and means for supporting a piece of transfer material between the sheet and envelop.

36. A typewriting and printing machine, comprising the combination of typewriting and printing mechanisms, a platen for supporting a sheet movable to carry the sheet into coaction with the typewriting mecha nism and into coaction with the printing mechanism and means for holding a sheet immovable upon the platen throughout the operation of printing a plurality of lines upon the sheet with the typewriting mechanism and the operation of printing upon the sheet with the entire type-form of the printing mechanism.

37 A typewriting and printing machine comprising the combination of typewriting and printing mechanisms, a platen for supporting a sheet while printing thereon with both the typewriting and the printing mechanisms and means for holding a sheet immovable upon the platen throughout the operation of printing a plurality of lines upon that sheet with the typewriting mechanism and the operation of printing upon the sheet with the entire type-form of the printing mechanism. I

38. In a typewriting and printing machine, the combination of a typewriting mechanism, a printmg mechanlsm lncludlng means for supporting a form of type with nisms may print upon the same portion of the sheet, means for operating the printing mechanism to print from said piece of trans- 15 fer material upon the sheet, and means for feeding sheets upon the surface of the platen; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

TRIMBLE on ROODE. Witnesses:

DEAN S. EDMUNDs, L. BATES.

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